Co-Production

Project Background

The ‘Working WIth Not To’ project is being run by Pam Luckock and Fran O’Hara, it is an independent, self-financing project offering resources, training and events to grow co-production. We view ourselves as learning partners, and catalysts for connecting people and organisations, so together we can find ways to think differently and navigate the new landscape. In May 2012 we were part of the team co-designing and delivering the Communities Can 2012 conference, which started the momentum for this work.

Our Co-Production definition

Our definition of co-production in its simplest form is:

‘A group of people, working with each other, from the start, to achieve a goal.’

Thank you, and we look forward to co-producing valuable things with you and having conversations that matter. ”We are the ones we have be waiting for” – let’s not wait any longer, lets start today! A quote from a participant at the first meet-up shows how easily we can make progress and start thinking differently, by listening and having conversations that matter:

“I found it inspiring & very helpful & hope to pass on Fran’s Birmingham experience to my friend who is a social worker for Flintshire. I do some voluntary work with her “My Life, My Way” group of elderly. As luck would have it I was seated with Lorraine Bruce who has sent up a Co-production type group in her village of Trefnant. I have been thinking about forming a “connections” network in my own village & she has given me her contact details so as to be able to help me get started. I love the fact that, whenever people get together with good will, all sorts of spin-offs & ideas & help appears – like magic! Thank you both again for your hard work & effort in spreading a very important idea at a time when co-production has never been so badly needed.”

Featured video

Social Services & Well-being (Wales) Act Video

For the SSIA and with a multi-sector pan-Wales working group, we have co-produced a hand-drawn video for the Social Services & Well-being (Wales) Act. It is designed to explain the Act, and to be shown in public spaces, events, training and online.

Featured event

Dementia Meet-up 2

Dementia Meet-up 2 will follow the same format as Dementia Meet-up 1.

We want to continue building on the work we started at the meet-up, and have been working to do this and sharing it at events.

Please contact us if you would like to help create more informed, inclusive communities and improve dementia care and support in N. Wales.

Co-production event video

At the Co-production event on 11/11/13, the LAC hand-drawn video Fran created with Monmouthshire County Council demonstrates how Monmouthshire have changed how they do things, and put what matters to people at the heart of their work.